Religious studies scholar, Sarah Pike, marks the incorporation of Feraferia and the founding of NROOGD in 1967 as the beginning of the Neo-Pagan movement.
1967
Fred Adams’ Feraferia is incorporated.
Aidan Kelly, E.l.f. Silverlocke, Glen Turner, and Judy Greenwood found the New Reformed Orthodox Order of the Golden Dawn (NROOGD) in San Francisco.
Oberon Zell files for incorporation of the Church of All Worlds as a “church.” Official status was granted in 1968, making it the first Neo-Pagan state-recognized church. Zell begins using the term, “Neo-Pagan,” to describe the new religion.
Samuel Kramer publishes his findings that the Sumerian Dumuzi (Babylonian Tammuz) was a Dying and Reviving God.
Lynn White publishes “The Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis.”
1968
The film, Rosemary’s Baby, premieres. It is later described as the most influential occult movie of all time.
The Apollo 8 crew photographs the famous “Earthrise” photo, which is credited with helping many people realize the fragility of the Earth.
Carlos Castaneda publishes The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowing. Together with Mircea Eliade’s Shamanism, published in 1964, it stimulates interest in Shamanism and indigenous spirituality.
Isaac Bonewits joins the RDNA and the organization becomes more explicitly Neo-Pagan.
W.I.T.C.H. (Women’s International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell) in New York stages a “hexing” of Wall Street, a combination of street theater, protest, and feminist Witchcraft ritual.
The Church of All Worlds begins publishing the Green Egg newsletter, which soon becomes the most important Neo-Pagan forum for many years. It is instrumental in the formation of an emerging identity around the word “Neopagan” (later just “Pagan”).
The American Counterculture movement peaks.
The Whole Earth Catalog begins publication and becomes a bible for the back-to-the-land movement.
Paul R. Ehrlich publishes The Population Bomb.
The term, “biological diversity,” is first used by wildlife scientist and conservationist, Raymond Dasmann. It is not widely adopted until the 1980s.
1969
Andrew Fleming publishes the article, “The Myth of the Mother-Goddess,” demonstrating that the archaeological evidence cited in favor of prehistoric Goddess worship was susceptible to other interpretations.
Donna Cole (Shultz) is initiated into a Gardnerian coven and later forms the first Pagan Way grove, eventually called the “Temple of the Pagan Way.”
Hans Holzer publishes The Truth about Witchcraft, an early attempt to promote Paganism and Wicca.
Wiccan traditions begin to multiply over the next decade.
Ed Fitch, Joseph Wilson, Thomas Giles, and Tony Kelly begin circulating Fitch’s “Outer Court Book of Shadows” and his Pagan Way materials. Autonomous Pagan Way groves begin spreading across the U.S. In the UK, the movement was called the “Pagan Movement,” which later evolved into the Pagan Federation.
1970
The first Earth Day is celebrated and 20 million people come out for the event.
The Church of the Eternal Source is founded as an Egyptian reconstructionist group.
The Church of All Worlds becomes the first Neo-Pagan group to be given non-profit status by the IRS.
NROOGD conducts its first Eleusinian ritual on the autumnal equinox.
Aidan Kelly publishes a Pagan/Craft Calendar, assigning the name, “Mabon,” to the fall equinox.
Mother Earth News is founded, promoting sustainable living practices.
New York’s Central Park is the site of a “Witch-In,” attended by over 1,000 people.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is created.
The first “Rainbow Gathering” occurs near Granby Lake in Colorado.
1971
Aidan Kelly and other members of NROOGD meet Victor and Cora Anderson. The Faerie Tradition and NROOGD begin to cross-pollinate.
The first American Aquarian Festival of Astrology and the Occult Sciences, later called “Gnosticon,” is organized by Carl Weschcke in Minneapolis.
Fred Adams begins publishing the newsletter of Feraferia, Korythalia.
Following a vision the year previous, Oberon Zell publishes his article, “Theagenesis: The Birth of the Goddess,” a Gaia-like vision of a living planet, several years before James Lovelock popularized the idea.
Janet and Stewart Farrar leave Alex Sanders’ coven to found their own. They become two of the most influential Wiccan authors, starting with the publication of What Witches Do.
Morgan McFarland and Mark Roberts create the gender-inclusive Dianic Witchcraft tradition in Texas, now called “McFarland Dianic” Witchcraft.
Zsuzsanna Budapest founds the Susan B. Anthony Coven No. 1 in Los Angeles, practicing feminist Dianic Witchcraft, an exclusively women’s tradition. American Neo-Wicca comes to be inextricably tied with the feminist spirituality movement.
Llewellyn publishes a version of the hitherto secret Gardnerian Book of Shadows provided by Jessie Bell (“Lady Sheba”).
A talk given by Julie Carter of the Church of All Worlds to a women’s group at the WorldCon science-fiction convention in Los Angeles marks the beginning of the Goddess Movement.
The UK-based Pagan Federation is organized.
Pictures of a NROOGD Beltane ritual appear in a Look magazine article entitled, “Witches Are Rising.”
Greenpeace is founded.
1972
The iconic photo “Blue Marble,” the first photograph in which the Earth is in full view, is taken by the Apollo 17 crew.
Arne Naess coins the term, “deep ecology,” to express the idea that nature has intrinsic value apart from its usefulness to human beings.
Gloria Steinem describes the matriarchal origins of prehistoric society in her book, Wonder Woman.
TIME magazine publishes an issue titled, “The Occult Revival: A Substitute Faith,” describing Anton LeVey’s Satanism and the Neo-Pagan NROOGD tradition.
The first attempt at a Pagan ecumenical organization, the Council of Themis, is organized by the Church of All Worlds, Feraferia, and other Pagan groups.
Oberon Zell and Julie Carter begin a tour of Californian Pagan groups. They meet Ed Fitch, Fred and Svetlana Adams, Isaac Bonewits, Aidan Kelly, Victor and Cora Anderson, and other leaders in the emerging Pagan community.
The Limits to Growth is published by the Club of Rome, which provides computer modeling of exponential economic and population growth with finite planetary resources. Two of the three scenarios predict collapse of the global system in the mid- to latter part of the 21st century.
The UN’s first major conference on international environmental issues, the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, is held.
The insecticide dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) is banned in the U.S.
Deforestation of the Amazon forest accelerates following the opening of highways deep into the forest.
1973
Another attempt at Pagan ecumenicalism, the Council of Earth Religions, is organized.
Mary Daly publishes Beyond God the Father.
Alex Dobkin releases her album, Lavender Jane Loves Women, which contains the track, “Her Precious Love,” a tribute to the Mother Goddess.
Robin Morgan, one of the founding members of W.I.T.C.H., comes out as a Dianic Witch at a feminist conference in Los Angeles. She concludes her keynote address by quoting from the “Charge of the Goddess.”
Joseph Wilson creates the 1734 Tradition based on correspondence with Robert Cochrane.
The Wicker Man film is released.
OPEC announces an oil embargo against the United States.
F. Schumacher publishes Small Is Beautiful.
Paul Shepard publishes The Tender Carnivore and the Sacred Game, exploring the role that sustained contact with nature has in healthy human psychological development.
1974
Zell and Morning Glory are married in a public Pagan handfasting in Minneapolis. Isaac Bonewits and Carolyn Clark officiate. Margot Adler sings Gwydion Pendderwen’s songs.
The short-lived First Ecumenical Pagan Council is founded.
Raymond Buckland publishes The Tree: The Complete Book of Saxon Witchcraft, offering a method for performing a self-initiation.
The Green Egg publishes an article entitled “How to Form Your Own Coven,” marking the beginning of the end of the hegemony of British Traditional Wicca in America.
Selena Fox founds Circle Wicca in Madison, Wisconsin. It becomes incorporated in 1978. It also begins the Pagan sanctuary movement.
The Council of American Witches adopts a document titled “Principles of Wiccan Belief,” which defines the central belief system of Neo-Pagan Witchcraft for the general public. The Principles are incorporated into the U.S. Army handbook for chaplains.
The periodical, WomanSpirit, begins publishing articles, poetry, and rituals, exploring the Divine Feminine.
Marija Gimbutas publishes The Gods and Goddesses of Old Europe (republished in 1982 as The Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe), which popularizes the theory of matriarchal prehistory.
The first warnings about damage to stratospheric ozone due to chlorofluorocarbons (CFC’s) are published.
Annie Dillard publishes Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. She is hailed as the “female Thoreau.”
Gary Snyder publishes Turtle Island, calling for a return “back to the Pleistocene!”
The world human population reaches 4 billion.
1975
Isaac Bonewits founds the Aquarian Anti-Defamation League.
Doreen Valiente publishes An ABC of Witchcraft, stating that initiation is not necessary to become a Witch.
Starhawk founds her Compost coven.
Zsuzsanna Budapest publishes The Feminist Book of Light and Shadows, later republished as The Holy Book of Women’s Mysteries.
The Covenant of the Goddess is formed. It becomes a national organization dedicated to encouraging networking among covens and providing credentials for Wiccan priests and priestesses. Membership is eventually extended to solitaries.
Thomas deLong, a.k.a. Gwydion Pendderwen, releases his first album, Songs for the Old Religion.
Greenpeace protesters place themselves between whales and Soviet whalers. Footage of the encounter spreads across the world.
Edward Abbey publishes The Monkeywrench Gang, which inspires the radical environmentalism movement.
1976
The Aquarian Tabernacle Church is founded by Pete Davis.
The Midwest Pagan Council is formed.
The Pan Pagan Festival is held in Indiana, the first national outdoor Pagan festival. 80 people attend. Within four years, attendance grows to 600. Pagan festivals have since proliferated and led to the formation of a decentralized community with shared songs, chants, rituals, and culture.
Merlin Stone publishes When God was a Woman.
The Fellowship of Isis is formed, dedicated to promoting all Goddess traditions.
Morgan McFarland leads 1,000 women in the opening ceremony of the Women’s Spirituality Conference in Boston, introducing many to Neo-Pagan Witchcraft.
The Green Egg dissolves.
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are banned from production in the U.S.
Herman Slater begins publishing Earth Religion News.
1977
The Minoan Brotherhood, a Pagan tradition for gay men, is founded by Ed Buczynski.
The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) publishes “Cakes for the Queen of Heaven,” a 10-session workshop on feminist spirituality.
Mary Beth Edelson’s play, Your Five Thousand Years Are Up, premieres in California.
Defrocked Catholic priest, Matthew Fox, founds the Institute of Culture and Creation Spirituality. Starhawk later joins the faculty.
Joseph Wilson founds the Temple of the Elder Gods (TOTEG), an attempt to discover locale-specific ways to worship gods and one’s ancestors.
1978
The US Army publishes “Religious Requirements and Practices of Certain Selected Groups: A Handbook for Chaplains,” which includes chapters on Wicca and Witchcraft.
Doreen Valiente publishes Witchcraft for Tomorrow, which includes a complete Book of Shadows and a ritual for self-initiation.
Carol Christ gives the keynote address at the University of California at Santa Cruz Extension Conference, later published as “Why Women Need the Goddess.” It is considered the single most influential article in the Goddess Movement.
The Love Canal contamination is discovered.
Susan Griffin publishes Woman and Nature.
1979
Naomi Goldenberg publishes The Changing of the Gods: Feminism and the End of Traditional Religions, coining the term, “thealogy.”
Starhawk publishes The Spiral Dance: a Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess.
Margot Adler publishes Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America Today. Adler’s book, together with Starhawk’s, become catalysts for the Neo-Pagan movement.
Selena Fox’s Circle is covered by TIME magazine in an article entitled, “Religion: Preaching Pan, Isis, and Om.” The article opens with an account and a photo of a handfasting performed by Selena Fox at the Pan Pagan Festival. Selena Fox and other Pagans are later featured in a PBS documentary, People magazine, and other media. The coverage is positive.
James Lovelock publishes Gaia, which popularizes the Gaia Hypothesis.
Circle publishes Paganism’s first networking sourcebook, The Circle Guide to Wicca and Pagan Resources, stimulating community building within and across geographical areas and traditions.
The Three Mile Island accident becomes the worst nuclear power accident in U.S. history. Mass anti-nuclear demonstrations begin.
Starhawk and Diane Baker found the Reclaiming tradition in San Francisco, bringing together Feri and Dianic Witchcraft and feminist, peace, and environmental activism.
1980
The Pan-Pagan Festival is held in Indiana. Almost 800 people attend.
Michael Harner publishes The Way of the Shaman: A Guide to Power and Healing, the first practical text on Neo-Shamanism.
Carol Merchant publishes The Death of Nature, which identifies the Enlightenment as the beginning of the paradigm shift to viewing nature as inert, rather than vital.
EarthSpirit is founded by Andras Corban Arthen to provide networking for Neo-Pagans and others following an Earth-centered spiritual path.
The radical environmental group, EarthFirst!, is founded.
Jean Auel publishes Clan of the Cave Bear.
1981
Janet and Stewart Farrar publish the Alexandrian Book of Shadows in The Witches’ Bible: The Complete Witches’ Handbook.
Pagan Spirit Gathering, which eventually becomes one of the oldest and largest of the Pagan festivals, holds its first annual gathering, a week-long festival over the summer solstice.
1982
Thomas deLong, a.k.a. Gwydion Pendderwen, dies in a car accident.
The Georgia Supreme Court rules, in Roberts v. Ravenwood Church of Wicca, that Wicca is a religion and that the Ravenwood church is entitled to tax exempt status.
Archeologist Marija Gimbutas republishes her 1974 book, The Gods and Goddesses of Old Europe, with the new name, The Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe. With this and subsequent books, she becomes the archaeologist most closely linked with the Goddess Movement.
1983
The Re-formed Congregation of the Goddess is incorporated and becomes the first legally recognized religion serving the Goddess community.
Isaac Bonewits forms Ar nDraiocht Fein (ADF) (“Our Own Druidism”), which eventually becomes the largest Neo-Druidic organization in America.
1984
Arne Naess and George Sessions go on a camping trip in Death Valley, where they conceive the deep ecology platform.
E. O. Wilson coins the term, “biophilia,” to describe the biological drive of human beings to seek connection with the rest of life.
Marion Zimmer Bradley publishes The Mists of Avalon, a feminist and Neo-Pagan retelling of the myth of King Arthur.
Janet and Stewart Farrar publish The Witches Way, which fleshes out some of the philosophy of Wicca. It is strongly influenced by Jungian psychology.
1985
Three pieces of federal legislation, including the Helms Amendment, are introduced in Congress, which would have taken away tax exempt status for Wiccan churches. Lady Liberty League, which promotes the religious freedom of Pagans, emerges as a result of nationwide Pagan networking and successfully defeats the legislation.
The Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans (CUUPS) is organized, which provides education and credentials for Pagan clergy. This signals the growth of Pagan membership in the Unitarian Universalist Association, which, up to that point, had been predominately humanist/atheist.
The use of the terms, “Paganism,” “Wicca,” and “magick,” begin a gradual increase in publishing.
The Antarctic ozone hole is discovered.
Joanna Macy and John Seed hold the first Council of all Beings in Sydney, Australia, a ritual process that helps participants to see the world from the perspective of other-than-human beings.
1986
The Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decides, in Dettmer v. Landon, a prisoner’s rights case, that Wicca is a religion for the purposes of the Free Exercise Clause.
The UK band, the Pretenders, releases “Hymn to Her,” a Wiccan ode, which becomes #8 in the UK.
Margot Adler publishes a revised and expanded edition of Drawing Down the Moon.
The Witches League of Public Awareness is created by Laurie Cabot in Salem to help correct misconceptions about Witches and Witchcraft.
The World Wildlife Fund brings together religious authorities representing Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism to prepare declarations regarding our responsibility to care for the Earth.
1987
The world human population reaches 5 billion.
1988
Scott Cunningham publishes Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner, which becomes one of Llewellyn’s best-selling publications. The book is credited with making solitary practice respectable.
The year following Joseph Campbell’s death, PBS broadcasts The Power of Myth, a series of interviews with Campbell by Bill Moyers, which presented his ideas regarding myth and psychology to a much wider audience.
Oberon Zell revives the Green Egg.
The hottest summer in history up to that point. Atmospheric CO2 levels exceed 350 parts per million. NASA scientist, James Hansen, testifies before Congress that this is the safe upper limit to avoid catastrophic climate change.
The term, “biodiversity,” first appears in a publication by sociobiologist E. O. Wilson.
1989
Starhawk publishes a revised and updated edition of The Spiral Dance.
The Canadian National Film Board’s documentary, Goddess Remembered, premiers. Starhawk and Merlin Stone are featured.
The Exxon Valdez creates the largest oil spill in U.S. history.
1990
Earth Day mobilizes 200 million people in 141 countries. Approximately a million gather in Central Park in New York City.
The first ecopsychology conference is held in Cambridge.
Panthea in Chicago becomes the first Pagan congregation of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations (UUA).
The Starwood festival begins to include workshops on drumming. Drum circles become ubiquitous at Pagan festivals and other Pagan events.
The Captain Planet animated series airs.
1991
Access to the World Wide Web expands. The number of Pagan websites grows. The rapid increase in the availability of information on Paganism drives the growth of non-traditional, eclectic, and solitary Paganism, as well as teen interest in Paganism.
Aidan Kelly publishes Crafting the Art of Magic, which identifies the literary sources of Gerald Gardner’s Book of Shadows, casting doubt on Gardner’s claims to have been initiated into a survival of an ancient Witchcraft religion.
The term, “nature religion,” is coined by religious studies scholar, Catherine Albanese, in her book, Nature Religion in America.
The world’s worst oil spill in history occurs in Kuwait during the U.S. war with Iraq. Kuwaiti oil fires burn a billion barrels of oil.
1992
Theodore Roszak coins the term, “ecopsychology,” in The Voice of the Earth. The ecopsychology field is founded.
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is drafted at the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro.
The term, “ecological footprint,” is coined by William Rees.
Daniel Quinn publishes Ishmael, which encourages interest in the anarcho-primitivism movement.
1993
The Covenant of the Goddess is represented at the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago. Phyllis Curot leads a Pagan ceremony at a nearby park. Roman Catholic Archbishop Bernardin supports the action, resulting in national press coverage for Pagans.
1994
The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that the Twin Cities Metropolitan area has been dubbed “Paganistan” (a term coined by Steven Posch).
The journal of the Pagan Federation changes its name from “The Wiccan” to “Pagan Dawn,” reflecting a broader Pagan membership.
1995
The Unitarian Universalist Assembly votes to acknowledge “earth-centered” spirituality in its by-laws as a major source of UUA beliefs. Two years earlier, the UUA includes Goddess and Earth-centered songs in its new hymnal.
Actress Cybill Shepherd comes out as Pagan at the Golden Globe Awards and thanks the Great Mother Goddess.
1996
Witchcraft becomes televised again with Sabrina: the Teenage Witch. The movie The Craft is released the same year, and is credited with bringing many adolescents into Pagan Witchcraft. Over the next two years, the television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Charmed, air. J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is published, and Practical Magic appears in theaters. These TV shows, movies, and books portray heroic protagonists who are witches. It also marks the beginning of an increasing commercialization of Witchcraft.
Toteg is reconstituted by Joseph Wilson.
1997
Wren Walker and Fritz Jung found WitchVox, an internet Pagan resource center. The site will grow to be the largest Pagan internet site.
Pomegranate, the first academic journal of Pagan Studies, is created.
The first non-Wiccan president of the Pagan Federation is elected.
The Kyoto Protocol is negotiated in Kyoto, Japan, committing countries to reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases. The U.S. rejects the Kyoto Protocol in 1999.
1998
The first Pagan Pride Day is held in Indianapolis, Indiana.
1999
Ronald Hutton publishes The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft. His work more or less ends the controversy over the origins of modern Witchcraft.
Starhawk publishes a 20th anniversary revised and updated edition of The Spiral Dance.
Doreen Valiente dies.
World human population reaches 6 billion.
2000
Cynthia Eller publishes The Myth of Matriarchal Prehistory: Why an Invented Past Won’t Give Women a Future.
Cherry Hill Seminary begins conducting online classes.
2001
The term, “fluffy,” (later “fluffybunny”) is popularized by the author of the internet essay, “Why Wiccans Suck.” The term, which refers to Wicca that has been watered down to make it palatable for mass consumption, goes viral.
2002
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Paganism is published.
Angie Buchanan is elected to the Board of Trustees for the Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions, one of the most respected interfaith organizations in the world.
2003
Canada releases religious data from the 2001 census that shows that Wiccans and other Pagans experienced the greatest percentage growth (almost 300%) of all religions in the country.
2004
The Wild Hunt blog is relaunched by Jason Pitzl-Waters and becomes the leading voice for analysis and insight into how modern Pagans are represented within the mainstream media.
Alta Mira Press launches a Pagan Studies series with the collection, Researching Paganisms, to be followed by Chas Clifton’s Her Hidden Children in 2006 and Barbara Davy’s An Introduction to Pagan Studies in 2007.
2005
Bron Taylor publishes the 1900-page Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature with over 250 contributors.
The name, “Generation Hex,” is coined for a subgroup of GenX.
2006
Margot Adler publishes a revised edition of Drawing Down the Moon.
An Inconvenient Truth premiers, about former U.S. Vice President, Al Gore’s, campaign to educate citizens about global warming with a slideshow.
2007
The first Pagan seminary, Cherry Hill Seminary, is granted tax-exempt status.
The US Veteran’s Administration approves the pentacle as a symbol on headstones for fallen soldiers in military cemeteries. Other Pagan and Heathen symbols are later added.
2008
Patheos is founded as an inter-faith blogging platform. It becomes the largest internet presence for Pagan writers.
The subprime mortgage market collapse leads to the most serious financial crisis since the Great Depression.
2009
The Sacred Paths Center opens in Minnesota. At the time, it was the only full-time non-profit Pagan community center in the U.S.
James Cameron’s film, Avatar, premiers.
2010
The New Jersey Board of Education is the first to accept Pagan holidays as excused absences.
Deepwater Horizon creates the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry.
Isaac Bonewits dies.
2011
Debates surrounding transgender inclusiveness in Pagan spaces marks the beginning of a shift in Pagan consciousness on gender issues.
The Fukushima nuclear reactor melts down.
The Occupy movement begins.
The world human population reaches 7 billion.
2013
Wicca and Paganism leave the Occult/New Age/Mind-Body-Spirit section of bookstores and move to the Religion section following a change in how the books are coded.
Thor’s Hammer is approved for use on military headstones and grave markers.
2014
Morning Glory-Zell dies.
The first People’s Climate March takes place in New York, drawing over 300,000 people, making it the largest climate march in history.
Peter Grey publishes his essay, “Rewilding Witchcraft,” calling for a radicalization of Witchcraft as a challenge to capitalist consumer culture.
2015
“A Pagan Community Statement on the Environment” is released. It collects almost 10,000 signatures from Pagans and Pagan allies. It is translated into 16 languages and collects signatures from 100 different countries. It is signed by practically every prominent Pagan organization and most of the high profile leaders in the Pagan community.
The Catholic Pope publishes his environmental encyclical, Laudato Si’.
Alex Mar publishes Witchcraft in America.
Gods & Radicals is organized as a forum for Pagan anarchist and anti-capitalist writing.
2016
Witches gather to hex Donald Trump in front of Trump Tower.
Another public hexing is organized, this time of rapist, Brock Allen Turner, and the judge who imposed a light sentence on Turner.
2017
A second People’s Climate March takes place in Washington, D.C., drawing 200,000, plus tens of thousands more to 300 other locations in the U.S. and around the world.
The Texas-based Fort Hood Open Circle is vandalized.
About two dozen Pagan writers at Patheos leave the forum in protest of the Evangelical Christian owners’ support of anti-LGBT organizations and the increased corporate control over the content of writing at Patheos.
2018
The “beauty” product company, Sephora, capitalizes on interest in Witchcraft by releasing a “Witch Starter Kit,” which is later recalled after protest.
Witches organize a mass hexing of then-nominee for the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh. Witchcraft begins to be more widely perceived as a form of political resistance. Michael Hughes publishes Magic for the Resistance: Rituals and Spells for Change and Laura Tempest Zakroff publishes The New Aradia: A Witch’s Handbook for Magical Resistance. The following year, David Salisbury publishes Witchcraft Activism: A Toolkit for Magical Resistance.
2018 is dubbed by some as the “Year of the Witch.”
2019
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports that civilization has 12 years to avoid climate catastrophe.
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